Kuril Islands dot the foreground; Hok-
Land white as snow, sea dark as ink: a view of
kaido lies at lower left as Tiros sweeps
the Middle East. Just as on a map, the Omani
across the Pacific, taking pictures to be peninsula all but pinches off the Persian Gulf from
stored in its memory for broadcast later.
the nearer Gulf of Oman. Clouds veil Iran (right
Dense clouds swathe eastern Siberia.
center); sunlight brightens the Arabian Peninsula.
Tension Grows as Tiros I
Approaches Fort Monmouth
With a New Cargo of Pictures
Within the control room of the New
Jersey read-out station, the console
operator gives instructions to the
mammoth antenna that will pick up
signals from the satellite on its swift
passage from horizon to horizon.
Technician at rear clasps his ear
phones, listening for the first beep
beep-beep from space.
NASA
String of cirrus clouds drifting
across Sudan indicates the presence
of a paralleling jet stream farther
north (page 302). Speeds up to 175
knots have been recorded for these
elusive high-altitude winds.
Winding north across Egypt, the
Nile empties into the black Mediter
ranean. The Red Sea forks into the
Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba; a faint
line knifing between Africa and the
Sinai Peninsula marks the Suez Canal.
Coded data show that camera 2
(wide angle) took frame 5 (1 plus
4), stored it on tape, and, on Tiros's
44th orbit, beamed it to "M," or Fort
Monmouth.
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